Paniai Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Central Papua Province of Indonesia. It is named after the Paniai Lakes. It covers an area of 6,525.25 km, and had a population of 153,432 at the 2010 Census and 220,410 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 227,254 - comprising 124,260 males and 102,994 females. The administrative centre is the town of Enarotali, in East Paniai.

At the 2010 Census, Paniai Regency comprised ten districts (distrik). However, by 2018 the splitting of existing districts to create additional ones had raised the total to twenty-four districts. These are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and 2020 Census. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 216 rural kampung and 5 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (distrik)	Area in km	Pop'n 2010 census	Pop'n 2020 census	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
94.03.01	Paniai Timur (East Paniai)	588.80	32,864	13,581	Enarotali	26	98711 -98714
94.03.09	Yatamo	130.84	14,435	5,727	Wotai	5	98726
94.03.08	Kebo	359.82	19,017	5,391	Kebo I	13	98715
94.03.13	Pugo Dagi			2,676	Pugo	9	98719
94.03.11	Wegee Muka			16,310	Badawo	11	98717
94.03.12	Wegee Bino			9,740	Dei	9	98716
94.03.17	Yagai			7,930	Panibagata	10	98718
94.03.20	Deiyai Miyo			2,899	Deiyamo	6	98725
94.03.05	Bibida	450.00	1,781	7,337	Bibida	7	98741
94.03.06	Dumadama	1,404.00	4,860	4,750	Duma	5	98743
94.03.21	Dogomo			6,542	Dogomo	5	98742
94.03.03	Aradide	262.67	13,045	13,161	Abatadi	9	98731
94.03.10	Ekadide	187.62	20,734	17,416	Pasir Putih	12	98733
94.03.22	Aweida			1,936	Deta	6	98732
94.03.24	Fajar Timur (East Fajar)			5,268	Dauwagu	7	98731 -98732
94.03.23	Topiyai			10,080	Obaipugaida	10	98734
94.03.02	Paniai Barat (West Paniai)	1,314.58	28,877	13,522	Obano	13	98723
94.03.07	Siriwo	1,307.00	6,364	16,203	Siriwo	14	98724
94.03.14	Muye			2,098	Muyetadi	10	98721
94.03.15	Nakama			8,685	Okaitadi	7	98722
95.03.16	Teluk Deya (Deya Bay)			10,643	Ukauwo	6	98727
94.03.04	Bogobaida	130.84	11,455	11,718	Bogobaida	9	98736
94.03.18	Youtadi			10,186	Youtadi	6	98737
94.03.19	Baya Biru			16,611	Bayabiru	6	98735
	Totals

Note (a) including two kelurahan - the towns of Enarotali and Timida. (b) The fourteen new districts created since 2013 are: Aweida, Baya Biru, Deiyai Miyo, Dogomo, Fajar Timur (East Fajar), Muye, Nakama, Pugo Dagi, Teluk Deya (Deya Bay), Topiyai, Wege Bino, Wege Muka, Yagai and Youtadi. Their areas and populations as at 2010 are included with the figures for the original districts from which they were cut out subsequently. (c) including one kelurahan - the district admin centre.

• Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)